Five Mexican families sue Edgar Veytia for torture in the United States

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Five families in Nayarit have sued former state prosecutor Edgar Veytia, alias El Diablo, for torture. The victims have filed the lawsuit in the United States, following the 1992 Torture Victims Protection Act, which allows the prosecution of alleged perpetrators through civil channels, even if the torture was committed in a third country, in this case Mexico. Presented in Washington, the victims' lawyers have finally managed to locate Veytia, w…

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Five Mexican families filed a lawsuit before a federal court in the United States against Édgar Veytia, ex-fiscal of Nayarit, who is accused of ordering and directly participating in acts of torture while he was in charge of the state prosecutor's office. According to the complaint, the victims were subjected to torture while in the custody of police forces operating under the orders of the former official. “We have been seeking justice for almo…

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Édgar Veytia, ex-fiscal of Nayarit who was imprisoned in the United States on drug trafficking charges, but who went out for collaborating in the case against Genaro García Luna, faces a new lawsuit, now for being pointed out to commit acts of torture.The post ex-fiscal of Nayarit who collaborated in García Luna case is sued in the United States for torture first appeared on SinEmbargo MX.Read the full text in sinembargo.mx

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The lawsuit was filed under the Torture Victims Protection Act (TVPA), which allows torture victims to file civil suits in U.S. federal courts against individuals responsible for such acts.